Classification of the Coleojiierons faniilij Endomyclndae. 23 



males. The front tibia is without the usual sharp spine, 

 which is replaced by a gradual thickening towards, but not 

 quite extending to, the extremity, the middle tibia is in- 

 curved at the end, where it bears a minute hooked process 

 internally, and the hind tibia is sinuous and furnished 

 with a conspicuous fringe of yellow hair upon the posterior 

 half of its inner edge. 



Lycoperdinella, gen. nov. 

 Corpus modice clongatum, convexum, to to sericeiim. Pronotum 

 transversum, postice paulo contractum, antice membrana stridu- 

 latoria instructum. Prosternum et mesosternum hand product! 

 aut elevati. Coxae anticae contigiiae. Femora omnia clavati. 

 Antennanim articulus 2 nonnihil elongatus, 4 paulo brevior, 3 quam 



4 duplo longior, 5 ad 9 similes, moniliformes, 10 et 11 transversi, 

 connati. Palpi omnes acuminati. Oculi magni, gi'osse granulati. 



(^, femoris postici margo posterior medio prominens, spinis 4 vel 



5 minutis equidistantibus armata tibiaque postica arcuata, intus 

 ante apicem spina acuta instructa. 



Lycoperdinella morosa, sp. n. 



Fusco-rufa, undique griseo-pubescena, tarsis clavaquo antennali 

 flavidis; convexa, supra crebre et fortiter aequaliter punctata, 

 pronoto brevi, medio convexo, subtiliter longitudinaliter sulcato, 

 lateribus subparallelis, leviter bisinuatis, angulis anticis prominen- 

 tibus, baud acutis, posticis brevissime acuminatis, fovcis basalibus 

 profundis, post medium productis, sulco basali recto, ad marginem 

 valde approximate; elytris sat elongatis, fortiter baud seriatim 

 punctatis, valde convexis, humeris prominentibus, lateribus deinde 

 dilatatibus, pedibus modice robustis. 



Long. 4 mm. ; lat. max. 2 mm. 



Hab. Rhodesia: Salisbury {G. A. K. Marshall, April), 

 Namaila (//. Dollman, September). 



The Museum Collection contains a pair from each of 

 the locahties above named. 



It is an interesting form, intermediate between Indalnms 

 and Lycoperdina, different as the typical forms of those 

 genera are. In outline it is transitional between the 

 oblong shape of the former and the short tapering Lycoper- 

 dina type. The pronotum is strongly transverse but 

 distinctly narrows behind. The antennal club is two- 

 jointed, the last two joints being connate and slightly 



